American college football season
The 2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team represented Southeast Missouri State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by sixth-year head coach Tom Matukewicz and played their home games at Houck Stadium . They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference .
Previous season [ ]
The Redhawks finished the 2018 season 9–4, 6–2 in OVC play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs , where they defeated Stony Brook in the first round before losing in the second round to Weber State.
Preseason [ ]
Preseason coaches' poll [ ]
The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Redhawks were picked to finish in second place.[1]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Jacksonville State
135 (15)
2
Southeast Missouri State
115
3
Eastern Kentucky
99
4
Austin Peay
84
5
Tennessee State
75
6
UT Martin
58
7
Murray State
55
8
Eastern Illinois
38
9
Tennessee Tech
16
Preseason All-OVC team [ ]
The Redhawks had six players at five positions selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[2]
Offense
Daniel Santacaterina – QB
Kristian Wilkerson – WR
Defense
Clarence Thornton – DL
Zach Hall – LB
Justin Swift – LB
Bydarrius Knighten – DB
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 6:30 p.m. Southern Illinois * No. 17 ESPN+ W 44–26 8,312
September 7 7:00 p.m. at No. 13 Montana State * No. 12 Pluto TV L 17–38 19,497
September 14 6:30 p.m. at Missouri * No. 19 SECN Alt. L 0–50 56,620
September 21 1:00 p.m. West Virginia State * No. 23 Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO ESPN+ W 56–10 5,324
October 5 6:00 p.m. Tennessee Tech No. 23 Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO ESPN+ W 43–37 2OT 4,373
October 12 2:00 p.m. at Austin Peay No. 20 ESPN+ L 24–28 6,343
October 19 3:00 p.m. at No. 16 Jacksonville State ESPN3 W 24–21 13,643
October 26 1:00 p.m. UT Martin No. 24 Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO ESPN+ W 17–10 2,467
November 2 2:00 p.m. at Tennessee State No. 18 ESPN3 W 32–13 4,738
November 9 1:00 p.m. Eastern Kentucky No. 17 Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO ESPN3 W 38–31 3,750
November 16 1:00 p.m. at Eastern Illinois No. 15 ESPN+ W 26–12 4,069
November 23 1:00 p.m. Murray State No. 13 Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO ESPN+ W 31–24 2,764
November 30 1:00 p.m. No. 13 Illinois State * No. 12 Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO (FCS Playoffs First Round ) ESPN3 L 6–24 3,274
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
[3]
Game summaries [ ]
Southern Illinois [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Salukis
7
7
0
12
26
No. 17 Redhawks
0
20
17
7
44
at Montana State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 12 Redhawks
0
10
0
7
17
No. 13 Bobcats
10
0
28
0
38
at Missouri [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 19 Redhawks
0
0
0
0
0
Tigers
27
10
10
3
50
West Virginia State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Yellow Jackets
0
0
10
0
10
No. 23 Redhawks
14
14
7
21
56
Tennessee Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
Golden Eagles
7
13
7
3 7 0
37
No. 23 Redhawks
6
14
3
7 7 6
43
at Austin Peay [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 20 Redhawks
3
0
14
7
24
Governors
0
7
7
14
28
at Jacksonville State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Redhawks
0
7
3
14
24
No. 16 Gamecocks
0
7
0
14
21
UT Martin [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Skyhawks
7
3
0
0
10
No. 24 Redhawks
3
0
7
7
17
at Tennessee State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 18 Redhawks
9
6
10
7
32
Tigers
0
0
7
6
13
Eastern Kentucky [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Colonels
7
17
7
0
31
No. 17 Redhawks
7
7
7
17
38
at Eastern Illinois [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 15 Redhawks
0
6
7
13
26
Panthers
7
0
3
2
12
Murray State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Racers
7
17
0
0
24
No. 13 Redhawks
3
14
0
14
31
FCS Playoffs [ ]
The Redhawks were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Illinois State .[4]
Illinois State–First Round [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 13 Redbirds
14
7
0
3
24
No. 12 Redhawks
3
0
0
3
6
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
STATS FCS
17
12
19
23
23
23
20
RV
24
18
17
15
13
12
Coaches
18
13
20
25
RV
25-T
22
RV
RV
21
18
17
16
13
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries People
Pre-divisional NCAA College Division Division II I-AA/FCS National championships in bold † WKU claims a co-championship, while both the OVC and Tennessee Tech state it is not shared